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Coupe's in summer

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Post by monkadill » Sat May 26, 2018 11:33 am

Just started to see an increase in Coupes on the road which is a surprise as the roadster tends to be the choice of summer..
Got me looking at buying a coupe and wow, there prices have held..
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Post by Iggy » Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am

I've seen a surprising number of E85s with the roof up even when the weather's been great. Might as well get a coupe and enjoy the better looking car :P
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Post by buzyg » Sat May 26, 2018 12:01 pm

Iggy wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am I've seen a surprising number of E85s with the roof up even when the weather's been great. Might as well get a coupe and enjoy the better looking car :P
Have to agree on the first point. First few weekends after the snow melted, every roadster had the roof down. 8) :thumbsup: Last couple many are entombed in the cabin. :cry:

Their choice I guess. :wink:
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Post by Davz » Sat May 26, 2018 12:25 pm

As soon as you get a coupe you'll be off to Tesco to buy a tin opener :fuelfire:
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Post by Phoenixboy » Sat May 26, 2018 12:29 pm

Davz wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 12:25 pm As soon as you get a coupe you'll be off to Tesco to buy a tin opener :fuelfire:
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Post by Z4 COUPSTER » Sat May 26, 2018 12:42 pm

I'm one of the lucky few that have both and TBH i love top off fun..as long as it's dry...BUT the interest you get in the Coupe WOW!!
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Post by john-e89 » Sat May 26, 2018 1:16 pm

Z4 COUPSTER wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 12:42 pm .BUT the interest you get in the Coupe WOW!!
It’s out of sympathy....... :wink:
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Post by ben g » Sat May 26, 2018 1:40 pm

Iggy wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am I've seen a surprising number of E85s with the roof up even when the weather's been great. Might as well get a coupe and enjoy the better looking car :P
Buy a roadster, then sit in that roadster with the roof down in 25+ Celsius, in traffic, with hardly any breeze.

You will soon want to put that roof back up :lol:

It's actually far more pleasant to chuck the air con on when it reaches that temperature (or above), which, for the south east at least, is usually most of the summer.

Early evening, down a country road is where it's at 8)
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Post by Phoenixboy » Sat May 26, 2018 1:42 pm

ben g wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 1:40 pm
Iggy wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am I've seen a surprising number of E85s with the roof up even when the weather's been great. Might as well get a coupe and enjoy the better looking car :P
Buy a roadster, then sit in that roadster with the roof down in 25+ Celsius, in traffic, with hardly any breeze.

You will soon want to put that roof back up :lol:

It's actually far more pleasant to chuck the air con on when it reaches that temperature (or above), which, for the south east at least, is usually most of the summer.
but its nice to have a choice 8)
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Post by markalp » Sat May 26, 2018 2:48 pm

Aaaaah love the joys of top down driving, you don't realise how sunburnt your head is until its too late :thumbsup:
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Post by NickDE » Sat May 26, 2018 5:59 pm

I just got the aircon in the coupe regassed. Problem solved.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 26, 2018 9:12 pm

Phoenixboy wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 1:42 pm ben g wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 1:40 pm
Iggy wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 11:46 am
I've seen a surprising number of E85s with the roof up even when the weather's been great. Might as well get a coupe and enjoy the better looking car


Buy a roadster, then sit in that roadster with the roof down in 25+ Celsius, in traffic, with hardly any breeze.

You will soon want to put that roof back up

It's actually far more pleasant to chuck the air con on when it reaches that temperature (or above), which, for the south east at least, is usually most of the summer.


but its nice to have a choice
Maybe that is what the E89 is for? :)

I had a great blast down some country A roads through Cheshire and Shropshire one evening last week and was glad I had a Coupe - I wasn't hanging about so I'm not sure a Roadster would have been too comfortable. And the heavy rain shower I encountered would have been a PITA!
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Post by Matt308 » Sat May 26, 2018 9:33 pm

Coupe all the way for me. But then a bald bonce doesn't fare too well in the sun

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Post by rj-ph » Sat May 26, 2018 9:42 pm

The nice thing about the Coupé is that you can have the windows wide open with no annoying thrum so 2/3 of a roadster?
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Post by skelters » Sat May 26, 2018 11:34 pm

rj-ph wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 9:42 pm The nice thing about the Coupé is that you can have the windows wide open with no annoying thrum so 2/3 of a roadster?
We have a saying here in Scotland that would be used in reply to 2/3 roadster....

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